Had the meeting for the NCFL yesterday. The big change is that home school students will no longer be able to fence on the B teams of the NCFL since they have their own league. It looks like there will be 12 or 13 teams this year. I have still not heard from Hoggard regarding where they sit with a team. A small Christian school in Western NC is looking at entering the Western Conference. The other change is that besides the regular events we are looking at having some “auxiliary” meets which would be dates set aside for strictly women’s teams and epee. The qualification path to the individual championships is still the same. You must fence in two of the four regular season events, if you fence as an A fencer, you are automatically
in (even if you only fence in one event as an A fencer), as a B fencer you have to win at least 25% of your bouts. The maximum number of men in the individuals is capped at 60, the women’s is capped at 36. If we have more than the cap, the A fencers are automatically in. The B fencers competing will be based on the number of wins, not %. We have dates for the meets so you can start planning now.
in (even if you only fence in one event as an A fencer), as a B fencer you have to win at least 25% of your bouts. The maximum number of men in the individuals is capped at 60, the women’s is capped at 36. If we have more than the cap, the A fencers are automatically in. The B fencers competing will be based on the number of wins, not %. We have dates for the meets so you can start planning now.
November 15 or 22 We are waiting to see if the JO qualifiers are either of those two dates. If they are, we will take the other. If neither we will take the 22nd.
December 6
January 10
January 31
February 21 Team Championship (A teams only)
February 28 Individual Championships
Locations have not yet been decided. However with the current conference set up, we will probably host one of the first four and the other 3 will be in the Chapel Hill/Durham area. The team event could be anywhere in the state. The individuals have been held at East Chapel Hill the last few years.
Locally, although I realize it is the summer doldrums; it would be a good week to get into the club. Connor Costa, a “B” foil fencer who will be attending UNCW, will be down Tuesday and was hoping to stop by the club and fence. Mike Courchesne,a “C” foil and epee fencer formerly of CFFA and UNCW, will be doing a residency rotation at New Hanover the next couple of weeks. He spent last week fixing weapons and says to take it easy on him because he is out of practice. The last time he showed up and said that he re-earned his C in a tournament. Finally, Donny and the Salle New Bern posse will be down on Saturday morning for practice (about 10 am.)
For Camp Lejeune, no new fencers this session, so that should give us some time to actually work on fencing. I will work with the epeeists from about 5:30 – 6:30 and foilists from about 6:30 – 7:30.
The beginning fencing camp starts tomorrow. Still space available if you know anyone interested. Mon – Friday, 9 am – 5 pm. I am still looking for anyone who might be able to come in and help with the 3-5 pm hours on the next four Fridays. If you have keys that is the best, but some one mature enough to lock it all up after the youngsters have been picked up is fine.
Remember that July 31st is the last day of the season for USA Fencing purposes.
You need to have the $5 non-competitive membership to practice or compete at any level and the
more expensive competitive membership to participate in official USA
Fencing events. The local kids events we do here are not official USA
Fencing events. If you do it electronically at the USA Fencing website, please bring me a copy. Technically, that means that for August 1st, the Friday of the advanced foil camp and that night at Camp Lejeune, you should have a membership to fence. I will have the forms which you can fill out then as a backup.
You need to have the $5 non-competitive membership to practice or compete at any level and the
more expensive competitive membership to participate in official USA
Fencing events. The local kids events we do here are not official USA
Fencing events. If you do it electronically at the USA Fencing website, please bring me a copy. Technically, that means that for August 1st, the Friday of the advanced foil camp and that night at Camp Lejeune, you should have a membership to fence. I will have the forms which you can fill out then as a backup.
The first evening beginner class will start Tuesday, August 19.
The experiment I tried with beginner class at the first of the year
didn’t work as well as I had hoped, so I am going back to the 6 week,
two night a week model. Afterschool will start for returning fencers the day after Labor Day and for new beginners on the Monday after Labor Day. Homeschool classes will start on the Wednesday after Labor Day.
The experiment I tried with beginner class at the first of the year
didn’t work as well as I had hoped, so I am going back to the 6 week,
two night a week model. Afterschool will start for returning fencers the day after Labor Day and for new beginners on the Monday after Labor Day. Homeschool classes will start on the Wednesday after Labor Day.
pax vobiscum,
Greg Spahr
Head Coach
Cape Fear Fencing Association
Head Coach
Cape Fear Fencing Association
“The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong,
but that’s the way to bet.” Damon Runyon
but that’s the way to bet.” Damon Runyon
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